Reg Plate value to Car vale ratio....

Reg Plate value to Car vale ratio....

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TEKNOPUG

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19,310 posts

212 months

Monday 20th September 2010
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Around my part of north London I regularly see a dark blue Audi A3Tdi with the registration plate "A3". Now given that it appears to be a pretty standard spec (no S-Line or anything) I'd imagine that the car is probably worth £25k? I could say for sure what "A3" is worth but it must be well into 6 figures, maybe even £500k?

There are plenty of photos around or Veyrons, Ferraris, Zonda etc sporting obscenely expensive plates but I can't remember ever see such a mismatch in values.

Has anyone else spotted seemingly expensive plates on otherwise unexcepional cars?

jdw1234

6,021 posts

222 months

Monday 20th September 2010
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TEKNOPUG said:
Around my part of north London I regularly see a dark blue Audi A3Tdi with the registration plate "A3". Now given that it appears to be a pretty standard spec (no S-Line or anything) I'd imagine that the car is probably worth £25k? I could say for sure what "A3" is worth but it must be well into 6 figures, maybe even £500k?

There are plenty of photos around or Veyrons, Ferraris, Zonda etc sporting obscenely expensive plates but I can't remember ever see such a mismatch in values.

Has anyone else spotted seemingly expensive plates on otherwise unexcepional cars?
Back in the day these plates could be had for £5 e.g. "O1" or were original issue.

Often they are passed down in family.





edition

967 posts

197 months

Monday 20th September 2010
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Yeah I offen think it's a waste of a good plate but maybe passed down the family or maybe a wealthy person with an A3 thinking why not have a plate on it...

Jonathan27

724 posts

171 months

Monday 20th September 2010
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I once saw a seriously knackered old flat-bed van with the registration 'E55O'
I would imagine that ExonMobil would be happy to buy that one for a few pounds!


DS3R

10,743 posts

173 months

Monday 20th September 2010
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That A3 plate is well known on the other threads

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

As is a lot of discussion about how some people have great plates on duff cars!

5potTurbo

12,975 posts

175 months

Monday 20th September 2010
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My brother's number plate is now worth more than his car!

Plate is 2 numbers, 2 letters - bought at auction for about £5K incl auction premium/transfer, etc., on a very low mileage & immaculate 2001 Jeep Gran Cherokee Ltd 4.0

amirzed

1,754 posts

183 months

Monday 20th September 2010
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try AUD 1

on an A5, saw it on a low loader a few months ago looking like it was on way to a delivery, normally i'd think Audi would own it but never seen it on a press car or anything in magazines etc

coley20

2,949 posts

198 months

Monday 20th September 2010
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"3E" on a beaten up Discovery in Newport

Blib

45,435 posts

204 months

Monday 20th September 2010
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The number plate on my father's car is worth at least five times as much as the car itself. Maybe ten times.

thinfourth2

32,414 posts

211 months

Monday 20th September 2010
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My last car had a number plate that was 20% of the value of the car.

Bloody halfrauds and their damn expensive number plates

Fun Bus

17,911 posts

225 months

Monday 20th September 2010
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amirzed said:
try AUD 1

on an A5, saw it on a low loader a few months ago looking like it was on way to a delivery, normally i'd think Audi would own it but never seen it on a press car or anything in magazines etc
It's owned by an Audi dealer who I think are Manchester based.

koolchris99

11,513 posts

186 months

Monday 20th September 2010
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ive seen and mentioned A3 on the A3 a few times.

saw it on old street roundabout the other day.

sleep envy

62,260 posts

256 months

Monday 20th September 2010
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Saw it in highbury village a few weeks back.

Timberwolf

5,374 posts

225 months

Monday 20th September 2010
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While I'm generally ambivalent to the whole personalised plate thing, I do believe there is a certain amount of class inherent in having a £100k numberplate on a weatherbeaten Mk2 Golf Driver.

(Ideally with the original Volkswagen dealership stickers in the window, parked on a side street over Mayfair sort of way, but that's probably getting a bit too far into the realm of ridiculous stereotype.)

v15ben

15,899 posts

248 months

Monday 27th September 2010
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The plate TON1C was on a beaten up old Mark II Golf in Belgravia for years!

Petrol Only

1,594 posts

182 months

Monday 27th September 2010
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I once saw i think W1 on a very old beaten up Rover in Ashford Kent. (about 10 years ago)

Even at the time (to young to drive etc) thought wow, that plate must be worth more than the car.

balders118

5,869 posts

175 months

Monday 27th September 2010
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I saw 'U3' on a RAV4 near Leeds Yesterday. Got to be worth 10 times the car at least.

Mroad

829 posts

222 months

Monday 27th September 2010
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"H1" on a 2003 1.8 Avensis, cars worth about £2k, plate £???k

powwerr

1,978 posts

179 months

Monday 27th September 2010
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theres quite alot of private hire (drug £) taxis that run about glasgow with small reg plates, on a taxi??? really m8? rolleyes

21 cd e.g

balders118

5,869 posts

175 months

Monday 27th September 2010
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Apparently A1 is on a mini cooper S, and ABC 123 is on a Ford fista freestyle. Crazy!